Many Things Lyrics - The Innocents

Song Facts:

• Genre: Soundtrack


• Featured on: \"Invincible (TV Series)\" soundtrack


• Lyricists: The Innocents

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Annotations and Meaning:

The Innocents' \"Many Things,\" from the soundtrack of \"Invincible (TV Series),\" unfolds gently honest lyrics about the tension, complexity, and subtlety of juvenile romance. In this song, at the core of its meaning, one finds the realization that love—most especially when newly birthed—is fragile indeed, but tenacious and strong enough to survive misunderstanding and juvenile squabbling.
Looking at the first two lines, \"Hasty words that seem unkind / Can make the teardrops flow\", they signal that due to hot exchanges, words ending up being used as vehicles carrying hurt are spoken, and normally, this is the cause for sorrow. But this pain is not of any loss; it conveys the message to the couple. From the above, it points to something that is not right in their moments of comfort. They are moments for which love has to grow stronger for the partners to know more about and thus draw themselves closer to each other.
Notably, "Silly quarrels" and how they tend to rise are seen as an important step toward a more mature love. They are portrayed not as hurdles but as important steps toward reaching a firmer bond.

The lines "We always hurt the one we love as those who've loved our Lord / The one we would learn at all or so the story goes" are lines that, in fact, hold a poignant reminder. This shows an oxymoron in love: the more loved and closer you are to someone, the more likely you will end up hurting them, be it intentionally or unintentionally. This very dynamic has a parallel of more general themes of forgiveness and growth, more like spiritual love.

Finally, the song builds to symbolize the celebrations of the "happy times / When all the world's aglow," resolidifying that indeed, "when the pain is all gone, the things that do not kill us, they might hurt us, but it's time well spent." Gone are not only these few instances of happiness but also the core of what love builds upon. They also remind that the ability of sharing happiness between partners strengthens relations at the end of the day.